Over 1,500 people from India and Pakistan, separated from their family members, crossed the border by road through the Kaman crossing post in Jammu and Kashmir in the last one and half years.
Cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday visited the Aman Setu bridge -- the last point on the Line of Control in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Seventeen of the 25 ministers in the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan, including Govind Ram Meghwal, who also led the party's campaign committee, lost in the assembly elections.
Rajesh Kannoje, a teacher with a primary school under the state's Tribal Affairs Department in Kanasya, was suspended on November 25, a day after he took part in the yatra.
A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party announced its first list of 41 candidates for the Rajasthan assembly polls, at least seven disappointed ticket aspirants -- or their supporters -- on Tuesday protested against the party.
In the last assembly elections in 2018, the state recorded a voter turnout of 74.06 per cent. The Election Commission has set a target of at least 75 per cent turnout in each constituency this time.
Indian high commissioner in Islamabad Sharad Sabharwal on Tuesday visited the Kaman post, the point of inter-Line of Control travel and trade in Kashmir Valley to take stock of the infrastructure and other related arrangements.
Cross-LoC trade between two sides of Kashmir could not resume on Thursday as no Pakistani truck arrived at the crossing point from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
The second point on the LoC was opened on Wednesday.
A junior commissioned officer was killed when Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control in Uri sector of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday morning.
Kaman Aman Setu, the bridge on the Line of Control connecting Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, which suffered heavy damage last week has been repaired and restored by the army.
As Antony talked to army officers and journalists accompanying him, several camera flashes went off on the Pakistani side.
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service had to be suspended as the road between Uri and Kaman post, the last point on this side of LoC, was damaged at several points due to landslides after the earthquake.
The complete 172-km-long Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road will be operational for the movement of cross-border bus, launched on April 7 this year, in a couple of days.
India on Tuesday summoned Pakistan Acting High Commissioner Mansoor Ahmad in connection with the suspension of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Rawalakot-Poonch bus services by Pakistan, which has demanded release of its national arrested for smuggling narcotics worth Rs 100 crore across the LoC.
The leaders returned after a fortnight-long visit to Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.\n
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of all concerned agencies Monday evening, Regional Passport Officer S L Sriramlu said in Srinagar on Tuesday.
The chief minister, however, said the bridge connecting Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to this side, Aman Setu, will take some time to be repaired.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has made arrangements and undertaken tight security measures to ensure a hassle-free journey for separatist leaders going to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir through the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route.
It was an emotional moment for the people of Kashmir when the PM flagged off the bus along with Gandhi.
Indians desirous of using the crossing points may collect application forms from and apply to Regional Passport Office, Srinagar.
The Caarvan-e-Aman bus left in the morning with 24 passengers from this side and 12, who were returning to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Twenty-one passengers, including women, were on board the two buses that will take them to the Kaman post on the Line of Control.
The stag mini-bus of Ashok Leyland undertook drove on the 313-km road till Kaman post, Jammu and Kashmir minister for Roads and buildings Gulam Ahmed Mir said on Sunday.
The FIPB, headed by Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram, at its meeting on Tuesday considered 35 proposals.
The trio hailing from Poonch decided not to go ahead with the journey citing ill health after travelling barely 4 km, official sources said.
The Srinagar-Muzaffarbad bus service on Monday resumed after remaining suspended for two weeks following a deadlock over the arrest of a driver from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on drug trafficking charges.
With more than 21 lakh migrant workers returning to the state as per official data, the Nitish Kumar government faces an enormous challenge in providing jobs for them.
Three puppies were allegedly burnt alive by a group of youngsters in Hyderabad, one of whom recorded the gruesome act,
On Wednesday, the Pak government had asked Delhi to 'immediately release' the driver, along with his seized consignment.
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Kashmir on the morning of the 65th Republic Day by resorting to unprovoked firing for three hours, army said.
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